WALL STREET, GLOBAL MARKETS CRASH AGAIN; McCAIN TRIES TO CHANGE FOCUS; DEMS GAIN IN GA, NH, NC SENATE RACE POLLS.

P2008. On the same day that the New York Daily News quoted a top John McCain advisor as saying "If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we're going to lose," Wall Street tanked yet again. The 370 point market drop mirrored the market crashed in the Asian and European markets on Monday. The simultaneous market crashes illustrate the global connectivity between the foreign and US economies. With a new poll showing roughly 60% of all Americans feared we possibly on the brink of another Great Depression, McCain will likely prove unable to divert attention away from the economy. However, in an attempt to do so, both McCain and runningmate Sarah Palin spent Monday referring to Barack Obama's relationships with "questionable" people like college professor Bill Ayers. Ayers was a once member of the leftist Weather Underground urban guerrilla warfare group in the early 1970s, before renouncing his violent past. Palin also suggested that Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, should also be a topic for public discussion. In response, Obama campaign denounced the "guilt-by-association" attacks as McCain "gambling that he can distract you with smears rather than talk to you about substance." The two men meet for the second Presidential debate on Tuesday evening.

P2008 - DAILY POLLING UPDATE. Here is our daily update of the latest independent state polls on the Presidential race:
COLORADO (Fox News/Rasmussen): Obama - 51%, McCain - 45%.
FLORIDA (Fox News/Rasmussen): Obama - 52%, McCain - 45%.
GEORGIA (Research 2000): McCain - 50%, Obama - 43%, Others - 3%.
MISSOURI (Fox News/Rasmussen): Obama - 50%, McCain - 47%.
NEW HAMPSHIRE (SurveyUSA): Obama - 53%, McCain - 40%, Others - 5%.
NEW MEXICO (Albuquerque Journal): Obama - 45%, McCain - 40%, Nader - 1%.
NORTH CAROLINA (PPP-D): Obama - 50%, McCain - 44%, Barr - 2%.
OHIO (Fox News/Rasmussen): McCain - 48%, Obama - 47%.
OHIO (ABC News/Washington Post): Obama - 51%, McCain - 45%.
PENNSYLVANIA (Muhlenberg College): Obama - 49%, McCain - 38%, Others - 3%.
VIRGINIA (Fox News/Rasmussen): Obama - 50%, McCain - 48%.
VIRGINIA (SurveyUSA): Obama - 53%, McCain - 43%, Others - 3%.
VIRGINIA (Suffolk Univ.): Obama - 51%, McCain - 39%, Others - 1%.

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US SENATE. The latest independent polls for the US Senate match-ups:
GEORGIA (Research 2000): US Senator Saxby Chambliss (R) - 45%, former State Representative Jim Martin (D) - 44%, Others - 4%.
MAINE (Rasmussen): US Senator Susan Collins (R) - 53%, Congressman Tom Allen (D) - 43%.
NEW HAMPSHIRE (SurveyUSA): Former Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D) - 48%, US Senator John Sununu (R) - 40%, realtor Ken Blevens (Libt) - 7%.
NORTH CAROLINA (PPP-D): State Senator Kay Hagan (D) - 49%, US Senator Elizabeth Dole (R) - 40%, postal worker Chris Cole (Libt) - 5%.
VIRGINIA (SurveyUSA): Former Governor Mark Warner (D) - 61%, former Governor Jim Gilmore (R) - 39%, businesswoman Gail Parker (Ind Green) - 3%, Libertarian National Chairman Bill Redpath (Libt) - 3%.
VIRGINIA (Suffolk Univ.): Former Governor Mark Warner (D) - 57%, former Governor Jim Gilmore (R) - 25%, businesswoman Gail Parker (Ind Green) - 1%, Libertarian National Chairman Bill Redpath (Libt) - 0%.

Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 10.07.08